“Monkey Man” was originally pitched as “John Wick set in Mumbai.” The final, gory product lives up to this expectation, while also infusing the film with nonlinear chronology, experimental ...

Makuochi Echebiri is a News Writer for Collider. He has been interested in creative writing from as far back as high school, and he would consume pretty much anything that’s film or TV. However, his ...

Martin Freeman (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey) and Jenna Ortega (Wednesday) star in this thriller about a high school writing teacher who is seduced by a rich, bored, and manipulative young ...

There’s a common, condescending refrain about action movies: leave your brain at home. Focused more on fight sequences and big explosions than story, the genre is usually propped up by the pure ...

Action movies are a predictable genre, both in terms of narrative arc (the underdog struggles, is apparently defeated…then wins!) and in who gets to be the hero blasting and punching their way along ...

Monkey Man, starred and directed by Dev Patel, is Patel’s directorial debut and touches on a plethora of social issues such as trans identity, religious violence, patriarchy and social class ...

Dev Patel made a mark with his directorial debut Monkey Man. Produced by Jordan Peele, the film has managed to cross $30 million in three weeks at the global ticket windows. In the U.S. markets alone, ...

In most stories about obtaining justice for the oppressed, viewers will meet with the message of “turning the other cheek,” or forgoing vengeance to end a constant cycle of violence. In a violent and ...

An already-challenging April gets off to a weak start, but Neon's "Immaculate" remains in the top 10. “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” (Warner Bros.) repeated as #1 in its second week, more than ...

Rahul Malhotra is a Weekend News Writer for Collider. From Francois Ozon to David Fincher, he'll watch anything once. He has been writing for Collider for over two years, and has covered everything ...